The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-11

Pelhars you think that fchooi il meant
For other people only;
Or, mayb,, you nre vile 10 truth
But doa't you end It l.nelyf
Miriam X. Davis
aeisng'.
Already a large number of society
people have returned TO the city,
prepared TO reuovate their houses
and settle down for the winter. Sep
tomber is not pleasant month from
climatic point, butt is Of incsti
mable Advantage TO the housekeeper
and summer tourists. Ii offers
something Of an interregnum be-
tween the summer and winter
seasons.
Everyone is prepared to hear the
tales OF esnsucsts and spells Of
gaycty that each returned wanderer
is ready to tell. The fisherman and
the hunter draw the line at the
ninety ninth fish or bird, the exper,
swimmer will give full history Of
the number OF miles he has swan
and the sumber Of persons he has
saved iron & vatery grave, aud the
girl will iaisrn you Of the exact
number Of beaus other girls had, but
10 much in doubt about her own.
She keenly remembers the many
germans she has led. aud the various
entertainments riven in her honor.
In short, IL the various pictures OF
the summer life Of the absentees
sould be put late book form, vol
anne Of interesting reading matter
might be gathered. Charles Dudley
Warner, in Their Pilgrimage" has
perhaps given as clever and humor-
Gus a sketch oil summer life At va
rious resorts ~ can be found. Tho
special correspondents OF the great
Eastern papers indulge too much in
oxaggeration and sentiment 10 make |
their letters reliable.
tits 70 the ubiquitous correspond
emit, however, that We owe much
Of our knowledge Of the private life
oil eminent people. We have learned
through them, how many servants
Dir. and Mrs. Clcvelrnd keep and
their salaries, what is served for the |
three meals Of the day, what they |
wear through the several seaso MS,
and IL has been accurately estimated
a. 10 the amount Of money the Presi- |
dent will retire from thoWhite House
with. A correspondent Of an Ameri-
can Journal, more eager than discreet,
has bees accompanying Mr.. Blaine,
much 10 his annoyance, during his
entire EurePeas trip, This espion.
age has been complained Of and the
writer oil the Blaine news will ne
doubt be recalled.
The moro people 90 abr ,ad who
are not linguists, the more apt they
are TO drop into foreign expressions
aud idions. There are hundreds Of
French expressions which are often
used by huoricsns iu conversation,
and there arc equally as many people
who are ignorant OF their meaning ia
using them. IL was an innocent dude
who expressed sympathy with q
friend At his mothers continued i'll
ness by saying: This NAL dc mere is
very depressiag, isn't in" When
the unihitiatcd are told that NAL do
mere means sea sickness the Joke il
plain. This does not match tho
American who hurriedly seated him.
self at a restaurant In Paris and sup
plomented his order by saying 10 the
waiter: "Jc suis femme" Il am a
woman, while the startled domestic
hastily begged pardon, madame"
never dreaming that the guest meant
"Jo suis iaim' | Am iamished.)
One fifth OF tho Americans who 20
abroad are 30 lily equipped In the
way Of language aud useful knowl.
odgo that u Is a wonder they succeed
a. we'll A. they do. Ii was an Opt.
mist who exclaimed "All goodhmer.
leans 20 TO Paris when they die"
Ingenuity 10 the way Of invention
Of novelties for tho amusement Of
people is something marvellous.
When whist clubs aud progressive
euchre parties came ipto fashion .
great desideratum was supplied 10
macy people who entertain In q
small way. But there were 20 many
people IN society who didn't play
cards, who knew not ono from an
ether, and altogether abhorrod the
stupid games. For this set OF peo-
pie some ingenious wag suggested
donkey parties, aud strange Cor
rather net strange) TO say, the attras-
tion was quite successful. The per.
son who Gated not 10 know whether
Rubber " Whist was card case
or face card, was the most sue.
cessiu. GdJusier Of the caudal APP
pondaEo on the iailloss animal.
A new progression game, styled
ProgroSiye Angling, comes 10 us
from the East In the center Of the
table arc number Of tin 6sh, with
hooks, while the four players at each
table, armed with sold aud silver
liuos, Ssh Tor the small game in
front OF them. The most successful
partners, a course, progress on the
tap Of the bell. This game
is too much reminder Of
human life; the girl with the
hook and line does not angle
with more eagcrnoss at the little tin
hsh than with looks and smiles she
attempts 20 onsnaro the heart OF her
opposite or her corner opponent. The
Ttratagem Of these fair anglers makes
sAis a dangerous gamo 20 play. A
asItrous throw Of the line could
Justly entrap an unwary youth, whose
admission would be a question Of
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